Monthly Archives: May 2014

Tokyo declared the best – while London comes a respectable 11th It may have a rich history and a dominant role in world politics, but Moscow has received the unwelcome honour of being voted the worst city in…

Google is reportedly planning a move into home security through Nest, its recent $3.2 billion acquisition that has put a high-tech spin on thermostats and smoke alarms. The company has considered acquiring connected camera startup Dropcam, according to The Information, though it’s not clear what stage any…

A screenshot of the PMO website. He has promised to keep people posted on his work and travels Like everything about his campaign, Narendra Modi and his team-with-the-Midas-touch had precision-planned his first moments as Prime Minister. Just as he took…

APGoogle’s Gmail app has become the first standalone smartphone app to pass one billion installations on Android devices. Google’s Gmail app has become the first standalone smartphone app to pass one billion installations on Android devices. The milestone, announced…

Seventy-one per cent of newborn deaths can be prevented through interventions before conception, and before, during and after pregnancy. Photo: V. Sreenivasa Murthy With 7,79,000 deaths, India has the highest newborn mortality in the world Globally, about 5.5 million…

Google’s brand value shot up 40 per cent in a year to $158.84 billion (115 billion euros), Millward Brown said in its 2014 100 Top BrandZ report. PARIS: US search engine Google has overtaken rival technology titan Apple as the world’s top brand in…